A 2006 arrival in a sub-basement space on Queen Street, Bramble doesn't exactly announce itself to the planet, but over the last few years it has been,...

An island bar dominates this attractive and elegant pub, where the walls are decorated with Royal Doulton tiles of famous inventors. You find all sorts...

In 2004, Victor and Carina Contini, part of the family behind the celebrated Valvona & Crolla café and , decided to set up on their own in this former bank,...

Sparse and traditional, this old howf opened in 1899 and hasn't changed in years: the decor still features red leather seats, shiny brass table tops and a...

The Cumberland is perhaps the most user-friendly of the city's acclaimed cask ale bars (four regular ales on tap, another four guest beers). It feels light...

In the 1840s, the Commercial Bank of Scotland built this grand old pile as its head office. There's a striking classical frontage, and the whole thing is...

Although it was renovated in 2009 and is now under new management, Frenchies is the oldest gay hangout in Edinburgh. Despite its central location, the bar...

Established in 1898 (the building dates back a further 60 years), the Guildford is one of Edinburgh's most accessible Victorian pubs, just a hop, skip and...

It's perhaps not quite the market leader it used to be in the style-bar stakes, but Indigo Yard's popularity endures, with post-work drinkers during the...

Drink has been a mainstay here for nearly two centuries: before morphing into a pub in 1976, these premises housed a wine merchant. Now, along with a...

Part of a UK-wide chain, Edinburgh's Living Room has collected a reputation as a somewhat more mature venue in a part of the city where office nights out...

Cramped, dowdy and clannish, the Oxford's bar area offers no space whatsoever; although there's a room adjacent, it's all still pretty basic, and it...

On busier evenings, the café-bar at Rick's hotel tends to attract girls with a certain look (that blonde hair, that black top) and guys with a certain...